As scenes roll, my eyes lose glue on the TV screen. Smooching scene of Jake Cuenca, the young Palos, and a Brazilian girl had me uttered aaahh’s and raised my… aahh… eyebrows. What’s this, James Bond rip off?! Switching and moving screen panes irk me because it copied the 24′s trademark. My guess on the premise is right. The swapping of faces, which was constantly shown in the trailers, has something to do with the buildup of the conflict between Jake and the elder Palos played by Cesar Montano. But what made my thumbs finally point downwards is when the entire series (or perhaps the first plot of it, if they would make the series more realistic) revolve on a microchip that can bring computer systems of the world down.

I hated that concept not because it might be taken from or ‘inspired by’ firesailing idea of the antagonist of Die Hard 4.0. Firesail (or Fire Sale as Wikipedia defines it) is hacking of vital networks of the United States to disrupt transportation, to destroy financial records, to disable public utilities and services and to use the media as a media of horror. That’s also how Palos narrated the importance of the microchip. They believe that the world lies now on the microchip. C’mon. The scriptwriters of Palos failed to impress me. It’s because I know computer science more than they do. It’s not the microchip! It’s the program that is stored on it and perhaps on any other storage devices!

Another boo-boo on storage drives that drives me wild is when the terrorist uses cd-r to store the blueprint of a security agency of a country. C’mon C’mon. The terrorist managed to assemble a laser that can cut human into pieces. He must a billionaire to have that setup but he stored the classified information on a compact disc! Low technology! He can use cellular phones, iPod, and more… Waah, the possibilities are endless.

If writers and creative consultants will try to come up with succeeding subplots of the series, they should watch series and movies like 24, Alias and Swordfish and rip-off more.

I love the pre-program Lobo, though. It can save Palos’ ratings. Or hire me as a scriptwriter! Lupin is below standards for me. Kapuso fans should never be happy with this post too.